YUMMY!

Since Jack will be four months old in exactly three days (not to mention he has teeth!), it is time to start with some solid food.  Rice Cereal time!!  Stu went out of town this morning and won't be back until after bed time on Saturday, so last night was the night.  (Because of course, Stu could NOT miss his first big boy feeding).  When Jack got hungry after day care, around 7:00, we gave him some yummy solid food! 



First bite!!

After the first bite, he started chowing down.  He would bend over the spoon instead of opening his mouth to eat.  Very cute.  Very messy. 

Chewing.

Hmm....

He likes it!!

After we enjoyed playing eating, we got all washed up.  I think his first feeding was a success!

we have a toof!

For the past two weeks, I've been telling Stu and my mom that I think Jack is teething.  Of course, this seems impossible since he is so young, but being an inexperienced mommy I had read (through every baby book we own) that babies can teeth anywhere from 4-7 months.  Jack was 3.5 months when I really started noticing this unusual fussiness and swollen gums.  But I thought I had more time!  Last night, my sweet little baby boy threw the biggest scream fest that Stu and I had ever seen.  He arched his back, he kicked his legs, he'd spit out the pacifier we tried to give him.  He wasn't hungry, he wasn't dirty, what could it be?  Ahh.  "I bet he really is teething," I thought.  So in the middle of his scream, I reached in and felt his gums.  I was surprised SHOCKED to not only feel swollen gums, but an actual tooth!!  It's already broken through! 


it's hard to see, but it's the left middle tooth.


Last night, Jack woke up at 3:45 screaming at the top of his lungs.  Oh goody.  This is going to be fun - please pray for us!!

I don't care what my teachers say, I'm gonna be a supermodel....

Jack is the perfect picture baby!  We had originally scheduled pictures for last week, but then Jack woke up looking like this:

And if you can't see it good enough, here's a close up!

The sweet boy had scratched himself (BAD!!) right on his forehead in his sleep.  Not too great for family photos.  So we moved them to this week.  I was concerned because he has a bad habit of not going to sleep even though he's really really tired.  After fighting sleep all day long, we fed him on the way to meet the photographer and he slept until we got there.  Thank goodness.  When he woke up - he was a happy happy boy.  He smiled the whole time and would look where we needed him to in order to get the best shots.  He could really be a model - loved the photo shoot.  I can't wait to see the rest of the pictures because if they are as good as these two, I will be buying all of them!! Enjoy.

This is the best picture I've ever seen of Stu!  LOVE IT!



How can this boy not be a model?



Bedtime Routine

Here's a look at our typical bedtime routine:

8:20 - Getting cranky.  "mom - i'm ready for a bath!"

8:30 - Jack LOVES bath time!!

8:40 - Eating the towel.  Sure.

8:45 - All dressed for bed.

8:45 - Reading a book.  Tonight's choice was I Love You More Than Rainbows (thanks Mimi!!)

8:50 - Yummy.

9:20 - Goodnight.

This is what sick looks like....

It's the FIRST week of day care.  The FIRST.  I expected illness after several weeks or perhaps even months.  Nope.  The first week.  Jack came home yesterday sneezing with watery eyes and snot.  Gross.  Stu picked him up from day care and said his mood was fine - although he didn't get a "happy" emotions report card.  I got home late, at 6:30 and he was happy.  He even laughed for me a bit.  (which by the way has got to be the best sound on earth.  hands down.)  Since he was in good spirits and wasn't running a fever AND it was after hours, I didn't call the doctor's office because only a crazy person would call the doctor's office after hours for a happy kid with some snot.  He was happy all evening, but started getting hungry and tired pretty early.  He was bathed, read to, fed and down for the night at 9:00, when we usually finish this process around 9:30.  So I could tell he wasn't feeling great.  He woke up early this morning, but went right back to sleep after his bottle.  When it was time to wake up for the day, he did not want to.  It took about fifteen minutes of coaxing to get him to fully wake up.  Again in good spirits, but I could tell he did not feel 100%.  I sent him to school with some nasal spray and a bulb.  I also gave into my inner crazy and called the doctor.  I will be purchasing a cold mist humidifier on my way home, making sure he sleeps elevated and giving him nasal spray to keep him comfortable!  Here's the picture I snapped when I got home yesterday. 



Poor little guy!


 

We still bee-lieve. Sorta.

Remember all the hype about the Astros back in 2005?  "We bee-lieve" and all that?  There were tons of players that started with a 'B.'  Bagwell, Berkman, Biggio, Brad Lidge, Brandon Backe, etc.  They were amazing.  Unstoppable.  Granted they got swept in the World Series, but they made it to the World Series!  The Houston Astro's 5-6 short years later are the worst team in baseball.  The WORST.  That being said, you can get great tickets for cheap or even better...free!  Stu got some tickets at work and we thought it would be perfect for Jack's first Astro's game. 

We got him all Astros'd out and he was adorable.  He loved the big screen and likes a new game that mommy made up.  I would say "jaaaccckkk...." and he would look around for me and when he saw me, he would smile and turn his head to do it again.  **this continued until Stu informed me that I was probably annoying everyone around me even though I don't think so because who is actually watching the game?  please refer to paragraph 1.**  Back to Jack - he was happy the whole time and even fell asleep at one point!  I think he's going to love baseball - even if it's hard to 'bee-lieve' right now.

Jack and Daddy in their Astro's gear.  I have no idea why this picture is sideways.  I can't figure out how to fix it. :(

Smiling at Mommy during our new game!  I really don't understand why these pictures look like this.  Sorry!!

Jack's First Day at Day Care

No, I didn't forget about this blog.  Yes, I've been much to busy to think about it or even consider posting!!  Let me just tell you though.  Jack is amazing.  I know every mother says this - every child is special, blah blah blah.  But mine is.  We had known that Jack's first day of day care was August 1 from almost the time he was born.  It was the day I dreaded.  But my extremely smart and gifted little boy decided that he would sleep through the night three days before day care started.  See what I mean?  Letting mommy and daddy sleep an entire night just in time for a full schedule or working and day care?  Genius. 

So on Jack's first day, he woke up at 5:20.  He ate and went back to bed for about an hour while mommy got ready and daddy slept.  At 6:40, everything was packed so I turned on his bedroom light and let him wake himself up.  He woke up happy and we got him dressed and ready to go.  We got to day care early because Stu had a meeting at 8:00 that he couldn't miss.  When we arrived, everyone was so nice.  They really put us me at ease.  My genius child was just hanging out, going with the flow.  I gave the teachers some goodies and then Stu and I were off to work.  I checked on him three times throughout the day and he was always doing great.

Jack got a good report card and I'm so elated to say that Jack was happy when Stu picked him up yesterday.  (even though he went through all of his extra outfits!)  I got home about five minutes after them and he was so excited to see his mommy!  We played and played.  He slept well and was happy this morning too.  I am feeling like we picked a wonderful place because when I dropped Jack off this morning - he smiled at his new teacher!  My extremely smart, gifted, genius son loves day care!